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| joke. The fire truck started to run thru the airstrip. I called the driver of the coaster to come and follow the fire truck. Thanks God, they are safe, I uttered. The pilot overshot the airstrip and had to bunk the plane on a mound of sand at the end of the runway. Nobody was hurt, but the plane had a flat tire. We quickly re-grouped for the Sunday mass that was offered for the medical mission. Basket of offering in hand, all the missioners who came to church said thanks for the safe landing. This was followed by the Medical Seminar and brunch at the "Love-Bay Resort". After the seminar, the physicians hurriedly went to the hospital to check the patients who were scheduled for surgery the following day. Dinner was hosted that first night by Gov. Carmencita Reyes at their beach house in Lupac. The food was sumptuous and everybody enjoyed the beautiful place. |
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| at the Boac, and Mogpog covered courts. Doctors and nurses were overwhelmed with number of patients waiting to be seen. Missing boxes of medicines have not arrived, so patients had to go to the hospital pharmacy to get their free medication. Coordinators were at a loss as to where and how they would provide for their groups. Since this was the first day, it took a little longer to organize and strategize an orderly way of seeing patients. It was necessary to purchase needed medicines from the local pharmacy. After the clinical part of the mission, the group of missioners were transported to Amoingon for their dinner at the Katague residence. While waiting for the rest of the missioners, the first group went to the beach to watch the sunset. |
| In the house, an accident was waiting to happen. Joyce Ancog, MI, Inc. treasurer, who was a house guest at the Katague's residence, decided to take a shower. After taking a shower, she apparently experienced a crump and some pain sensation in her back. She fell and lost consciousness. It was some fifteen minutes ago when Dr. Homer Bunag, come back from the beach to use the bathroom. The bathroom was locked and he figured somebody was inside. He waited for a while and knocked again on the door. He thought he heard something so he asked some lady in the house for the bathroom key to open the door. He found Joyce unconcious and asked for help to carry her out to her room. She was examined by Dr. Freddie Ng who was around at the moment and requested to call for an ambulance to transport Joyce to the hospital but none was available because it was transporting a patient to Manila. The hospital doctor wanted Joyce to be transported by private jeep. She was in and out of consciousness and was vomitting as well. By this time, all the doctors of the mission were in my house for the dinner. All the doctors |
| deemed it was not necessary to bring her to the hospital but to infuse her with D-5 W, in the hope of alleviating what was heat exhaustion. After two liters of D-5 W's, she was still vomiting and was in and out of consciousness. I called her two nieces who are nurses at the hospital, to come and watch Joyce for the night. The four of us, Hilda Mirafuente, Marie Hidalgo, my sister Fe Jambalos stayed late and took turns doing a Neuro Watch. At 4 am., the missioners took time to watch the beautiful sunrise at the beach. Joyce started vomiting again, so Dr. Ng was called and at that time he decided that Joyce be transported to Manila. Several cups of coffee later, we started calling for an available air transport. We tried getting in touch with the Philippine Air Force hoping there would be a plane available in an emergency situation but to no avail. I remembered an acquantance whose husband owned a six sitter jet plane. She was just about to leave the house when I called and she was kind enough to help me with Joyce situation. She called their pilot and also arranged for an ambulance to transfer Joyce to |
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| All missioners were told to report to the provincial hospital for assignments. When we arrived at the hospital, it was pandemonium. There were probably over six hundred patients already waiting to be seen at the out-patient clinic where the ENT and Ophthalmo-logy patients were treated. Drs. Hector, Raymond, and Leah Sulit and their associates, Drs. Senador, Penaloza and Atienza were present and started the eye surgeries soon after. The group of surgeons headed by Drs. Ng and Yu, have already started with their first Thyroidectomy patient. Clinical off-sites were also scheduled |
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